Diabetes and Healthy Habits During the Candy Season featured image

Diabetes and Healthy Habits During the Candy Season

Halloween comes with many festive traditions: spooky decorations, pumpkin carving, costumes and trick-or-treating. But for people with diabetes, Halloween can feel like more of a…

westgate

October 28, 2022

Read Post
Caring for Lung Diseases: Controlling Your Asthma featured image

Caring for Lung Diseases: Controlling Your Asthma

Suffering from wheezing, coughing fits at a certain time of day or a tight feeling in your chest? You may be dealing with asthma, a…

westgate

October 3, 2022

Read Post
Any Better Reason for a Yearly Checkup than the New Change of Season? featured image

Any Better Reason for a Yearly Checkup than the New Change of Season?

For many people, the changing of the seasons is an exciting time, ushering in a feeling of new beginnings or renewal. It can also come…

westgate

September 26, 2022

What Healthy Blood Cells Mean for Your Body… featured image

What Healthy Blood Cells Mean for Your Body…

If your doctor orders a Complete Blood Count (CBC), you may be wondering what the test is used for. What information will it reveal? Why…

westgate

September 14, 2022

What is Checked in a Hearing Test? featured image

What is Checked in a Hearing Test?

Hearing is often a sense that is taken for granted…until something doesn’t sound right. Maybe it’s a ringing in the ears or a noticeable decrease…

westgate

August 24, 2022

What Tests are Done to Check Cholesterol? featured image

What Tests are Done to Check Cholesterol?

While cholesterol is necessary for keeping your body healthy, too much can be a precursor for serious health problems. Knowing your cholesterol level is important;…

westgate

August 17, 2022

My Baby Won’t Breastfeed featured image

My Baby Won’t Breastfeed

Breastfeeding is a natural process, but that doesn’t mean it comes easily for everyone. Both mother and baby have a learning curve to overcome in…

westgate

July 28, 2022

Why Would a Doctor Order an Ultrasound of my Gallbladder? featured image

Why Would a Doctor Order an Ultrasound of my Gallbladder?

The gallbladder is a small organ directly below the liver. The gallbladder stores bile made by the liver, secreting it into the intestines as needed…

westgate

July 14, 2022

How is Anemia Diagnosed? featured image

How is Anemia Diagnosed?

It’s easy to chalk fatigue up to poor sleep, stress or the constant hustle and bustle of daily life. Sometimes though, fatigue can have an…

westgate

June 23, 2022

Can Ultrasound Detect Gallbladder Problems? featured image

Can Ultrasound Detect Gallbladder Problems?

Many people will live their whole life without thinking of their gallbladder, but for others the gallbladder will become a source of chronic discomfort or…

westgate

June 9, 2022